Daniel Day-Lewis can’t seem to stay retired. Anemone , his new movie, ends his second major hiatus from acting, this one lasting since 2017’s Phantom Thread . It also finds him not only writing for the screen for the first time but working with his son, Ronan Day-Lewis, who directed the film and shares writing credit. Anemone concerns two brothers, Jem (Sean Bean) and Ray (Day-Lewis), both ex-soldiers who served on the British side of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Ray has been in hiding off the grid for over 15 years, and Jem has arrived at his cabin to convince him to return to civilization in order to help Brian, a teenager who Ray fathered but Jem has raised. The contours of the film are familiar: The two brothers, we can be fairly sure, will booze and bond and snipe at each

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